About Rotary International’s Peace Fellowships

An accomplished financial advisor, Keefe Gorman has garnered numerous accolades in his role as a managing director with Merrill Lynch. Beyond his duties at Merrill Lynch, Keefe Gorman supports charitable and civic organizations such as The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Meals on Wheels, and Rotary International.

Rotary International offers leadership and educational opportunities to its more than 1.2 million global members through its peace fellowships, which enable individuals to study at one of the Rotary Peace Centers and learn how to promote tolerance and peace. Rotary International offers two types of fellowship, one of which culminates in a professional development certificate after completion of a three-month peace-related program at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. The organization also offers a master’s degree fellowship at institutions such as the University of Queensland in Australia and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University in the United States.

For more than a century, Rotary International has maintained its commitment to address challenging global issues in the areas of world peace, community growth, the well-being of women and children, literacy, and the prevention and treatment of disease. Among the significant accomplishments of Rotary members is the eradication of polio in the vast majority of countries worldwide.